Arnaud Boissières' La Mie Câline is dismasted in the Vendée Globe
by Vendée Globe media 30 Jan 06:55 PST
30 January 2025
Arnaud Boissières' La Mie Câline is dismasted in the Vendée Globe 2024 © Christophe Favreau / La Mie Câline
Arnaud Boissières the skipper of La Mie Câline, informed his technical team that he had dismasted this Thursday.
Currently 27th in the race he is more than 2,500 miles from the finish, at the longitude of Cape Verde in a group of five skippers. Arnaud explained that he had secured his boat.
The Les Sables d'Olonne based Boissières is the only skipper to have finished four Vendée Globe races in a row, having taken part in every edition since 2008. Nicknamed 'Cali', born in Bordeaux, Arnaud Boissières was in the group expected to finish around the 8th to 9th February.
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